Databases
The NOAA Library’s search box provides access to articles, books, dissertations, reports, and more. The databases on this page provide precise subject-specific searching, direct access to full-text documents, and search features.
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AGRICOLA
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Created by the National Agricultural Library, provides indexing of journals from 1970 to present. It also indexes selected books, dissertations, and patents in these fields, some back to the 15th century.
Coverage: Varies
Subject Areas: Agricultural Economics, Aquaculture & Fisheries, Biomedical, Botany, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Science, Ecology, Forestry, Natural Resources, Plant Science, Water Quality
American Meteorological Society (AMS) Glossary of Meteorology
(NOAA and NTIA)
This electronic glossary from the American Meteorological Society provides authoritative definitions and terms for meteorology publications. This living publication is updated frequently with new terms and updated definitions, including many NOAA contributions.
Best Uses: Publication Editing, Publication Writing
Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Contains 13M+ records, including refereed and pre-print articles and conference papers, astronomical object information, data catalogs, data sets, and software. Allows filtering by citation count, read count, and trending usage statistics.
Coverage: 1500 - Present
Subject Areas: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Geophysics, Physics, Space Weather
BioOne
(NOAA)
Aggregates 200+ subscription and open access bioscience research journals from 150+ societies, research institutions, and university presses.
Coverage: Varies
Subject Areas: Aquaculture & Fisheries, Botany, Earth & Environmental Science, Ecology, Plant Science
BIOSIS Citation Index
(NOAA and NTIA)
Indexes 165K+ records focusing on life science journal articles and conference proceedings. Integration with Web of Science adds citation and cited reference data.
Coverage: 1926 - Present
Subject Areas: Aquaculture & Fisheries, Biomedical, Biotechnology, Botany, Earth & Environmental Science, Ecology, Medicine
Cabells Journalytics Academic
(NOAA and NTIA)
Journalytics Academic provides decision data, benchmarks, and context for thousands of reputable academic journals across every field.
Best Uses: Publication Writing, Publication Venues, Evaluate Journal Quality
Chicago Manual of Style
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Includes authoritative specifications for citing any type of publication in the Chicago bibliographic style, one of the most commonly used in academic and government publishing.
Best Uses: Publication Editing, Publication Writing
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Includes analyses of current policies and the impact of proposed policy alternatives. Contains newly created CRS reports in full-text along with selected archived reports.
Coverage: 2018 - Present (selected archives)
Subject Areas: Economics, Environmental Policy, Government Operations, Market Research, Science, Technology
CrossRef
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
The primary DOI registration source, fills in citation information from a DOI or incomplete citation. Use CrossRef to add DOIs to your Interlibrary Loan requests for faster turn-around.
Best Uses: Completing citation information, Finding publications using a DOI
CSE Manual Online
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
The authoritative reference for authors, editors, and publishers in scientific nomenclature, symbols, and style issues.
Best Uses: Publication Editing, Publication Writing
Current Contents Connect (CCC)
(NOAA and NTIA)
Integrated with Web of Science, adds links to view issue tables of contents for records and setup custom TOC alerts.
Coverage: 1998 - Present
Best Uses: Journal Table of Contents, TOC Alerts
Data Citation Index (DCI)
(NOAA and NTIA)
Find data sets, data studies, and software across 400 repositories worldwide on Web of Science.
Coverage: 1900 - Present
Best Uses: Data, Data Impact Analysis
Derwent Innovations Index
(NOAA and NTIA)
Indexes patents from 59 worldwide authorities, including patent citation tracking and patent prior art searching.
Coverage: 1963 - Present
Best Uses: Emerging Fields, Licensing Opportunities, Patent Citation Analysis, Patent-Literature Connections, Patent Prior Art
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Indexes 2M+ Department of Defense technical reports. Useful for finding accession (AD) numbers for Interlibrary Loan requests.
Coverage: 1906 - Present
Subject Areas: Biotechnology, Computing, Cybersecurity, Earth & Environmental Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Modeling & Simulation, Physics, Sensors, Telecommunications
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Provides open access to millions of digitized cultural items, photographs, maps, and historical records from US libraries and archives.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Evaluates and indexes peer-reviewed open access journals, validating authentic publishing venues free of predatory practices.
Best Uses: Authenticity and Open Access Status of Journals, Publication Venues
Earth, Atmospheric, & Aquatic Science Collection
(NOAA)
Provides access to specialized indexes including AFSA, Oceanic Abstracts, and Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA).
Coverage: Varies
Subject Areas: Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, Aquaculture & Fisheries, Climatology, Aquatic Sciences, Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics, Hydrogeology & Hydrology, Marine Geology & Oceanography, Meteorology, Paleoclimatology, Remote Sensing, Space Weather
EPA Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO)
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Includes 3M+ scientific references and data used by EPA to develop risk assessments, searchable by contaminant/project.
Coverage: 1811 - Present
Subject Areas: Ecology, Earth & Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, Geochemistry, Science, Social Science, Technology, Water Quality
GeoRef
(NOAA and NTIA)
Contains 3.1M+ references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, and reports from the American Geosciences Institute.
Coverage: 1669 - Present
Subject Areas: Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Hydrogeology & Hydrology, Marine Geology & Oceanography, Paleoclimatology
Google Scholar
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Searches across academic disciplines and full-text literature. Configured for Boulder Labs Library holdings links.
GPO Style Manual
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Provides definitive guidance on word usage and style requirements for federal technical reports and government publications.
Best Uses: Publication Editing, Publication Writing
govinfo
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Produced by GPO, provides full-text access to official US government documents, Congressional bills, and executive materials.
Coverage: 1976 - Present
Subject Areas: Federal Budget, Federal Regulations, Government Operations, Legislative History, NIST Publications
GreenFILE
(NOAA)
Focuses on environmental issues and human impact, indexing scholarly and general-interest titles on green building, pollution, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture.
Coverage: 1910 - Present
Subject Areas: Earth & Environmental Science, Ecology, Natural Resources, Science, Social Science, Technology
HathiTrust
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Preserves and provides digital full-text access to millions of research library volumes, government technical reports, and historical books.
Best Uses: Hard-to-find publications, NIST, NOAA, and NTIA publications
HeinOnline
(NOAA and NTIA)
Provides full-text searching of 170M+ pages from legal history, law journals, federal regulations, and international law materials.
Coverage: 1754 - Present
Subject Areas: Case Law, Federal Regulations, International Regulations, Legislative History
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Provides access to federal, state, and international policy documents, strategy papers, research reports, and lexicons.
Coverage: 1776 - Present
Subject Areas: Case Law, Cybersecurity, Economics, Environmental Policy, Federal Regulations, Government Operations, International Regulations, Legislative History, Natural Disasters
IEEE Xplore
(NOAA and NTIA)
Full-text access to IEEE and IET transactions, journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and IEEE technical standards.
Coverage: 1988 - Present (select content from 1952)
Subject Areas: Computing, Electronics, Engineering, Geoscience, Materials Science, Optics, Physics, Sensors, Technology, Telecommunications
Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
(NOAA and NTIA)
Provides citation metrics on scholarly journals, including Journal Impact Factor and category rankings.
Best Uses: Authenticity and Open Access Status of Journals, Impact Analysis, Journal Comparison by Citation Metrics, Publication Venues
JoVE Chemistry
(NOAA and NTIA)
Peer-reviewed video journal featuring lab demonstrations and experimental methodology in chemistry.
Subject Areas: Chemistry, Scientific Experiment Videos
JoVE Engineering
(NOAA and NTIA)
Peer-reviewed video journal covering mechanical, electrical, materials, and chemical engineering techniques.
Subject Areas: Engineering, Scientific Experiment Videos
Lexis+
(DOC Employees - Register Account)
Comprehensive legal database with case law, statutes, administrative regulations, Law360, and news.
Coverage: Varies
Subject Areas: Business, Case Law, Federal Regulations, Legislative History, Market Research, News
Merriam-Webster Online
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Official guide for spelling and word usage not appearing in the GPO style manual.
Best Uses: Publication Editing, Publication Writing
Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA)
(NOAA and NTIA)
Provides indexing for 1.4M+ atmospheric and oceanographic articles, books, and technical reports worldwide.
Coverage: 1950 - Present
Subject Areas: Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, Earth & Environmental Science, Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics, Marine Geology & Oceanography, Meteorology, Paleoclimatology, Weather
National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
NTIS database providing access to 800K+ full-text government technical reports and indexing for 3M+ reports across agencies.
Coverage: 1900 - Present
Subject Areas: Chemistry, Computing, Earth & Environmental Science, Engineering, Government Operations, Mathematics, Physics, Telecommunications
NIST Standard Reference Data (SRD) Databases
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Free scientific reference data collections produced by NIST covering chemistry, materials science, physics, and constants.
Coverage: Varies
Subject Areas: Chemistry, Data, Electromagnetic Radiation, Mathematics, Materials Science, Physical Constants, Physics, Spectroscopy
NOAA Data Discovery Portal
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Access NOAA scientific datasets, satellite observations, model data, and environmental data archives.
Coverage: Varies
Subject Areas: Aquaculture & Fisheries, Data, Earth & Environmental Science, Geoscience, Marine Geology & Oceanography, Paleoclimatology, Space Weather, Weather
NOAA Institutional Repository (IR)
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
Digital repository for NOAA publications, technical memorandums, professional papers, and NOAA-authored journal articles.
Coverage: Varies
Best Uses: NOAA Journal Publications, NOAA Reports
PubMed
(NIST, NOAA and NTIA)
NLM database providing 30M+ biomedical citations, MEDLINE literature, and PubMed Central open-access articles.
Coverage: 1966 - Present (select content back to 1865)
Subject Areas: Biomedical, Biotechnology, Medicine, Toxicology
ScienceDirect
(NOAA and NTIA)
Elsevier's premier platform of peer-reviewed scholarly journals and books across physical sciences, engineering, and life sciences.
Subject Areas: Agricultural & Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Business, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Decision Sciences, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Economics, Energy, Engineering, Environmental Science, Immunology, Mathematics, Materials Science, Neuroscience, Physics, Social Sciences
STM Source
(NOAA and NTIA)
Contains 21M+ records and full-text from 5,500 journals in science, technology, engineering, and medicine.
Coverage: 1911 - Present
Subject Areas: Business, Computing, Environmental Science, Engineering, Material Science, Medicine, Physics, Science, Technology, Telecommunications
Web of Science Core Collection (WoS)
(NOAA and NTIA)
Indexes over 92M journal articles, conference proceedings, and books across science and social sciences with 2.2B cited references.
Coverage: 1900 - Present
Subject Areas: Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, Biomedical, Business, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Science, Economics, Engineering, Environmental Policy, Geoscience, Hydrology, Management, Marine Geology & Oceanography, Meteorology, Physics, Science, Sensors, Social Science, Space Weather, Telecommunications